Legal Issues When Managing Public Roads Affected by Sea Level Rise: South Carolina

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Payne ◽  
Rebecca Neubauer ◽  
Kirstin Dow ◽  
Eleanor Davis ◽  
Ian Brown
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Legal Issues

Legal Issues When Managing Public Roads Affected by Sea Level Rise: North Carolina

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Payne ◽  
Ian Brown
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Legal Issues

Paleoindians in the South Carolina Coastal Plain

2018 ◽  
pp. 124-154
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Smallwood ◽  
Albert C. Goodyear ◽  
Thomas A. Jennings ◽  
Douglas A. Sain
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Projectile Point ◽  
Primary Resource ◽  
Point Types

The state of South Carolina is examined by the physiographic provinces of Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain using established Paleoindian projectile point types and their geographic distributions by raw materials. Foraging ranges are reconstructed. There is a substantial drop in post-Clovis point frequencies, as seen elsewhere in the Southeast, with a great increase by Dalton times. Younger Dryas age environmental changes are reviewed, with late Pleistocene flora and fauna changes noted. Starting in Dalton times, sea level rise appears to have affected settlement strategies due to the inundation of the primary resource habitats of the Coastal Plain. The Piedmont Transhumance hypothesis is offered as an explanation of these changes.

Sea-level rise: Destruction of threatened and endangered species habitat in South Carolina

1993 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Daniels ◽  
Tammy W. White ◽  
Kimberly K. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Threatened And Endangered Species ◽  
Endangered Species Habitat

Land use implications of sea level rise: A case study at myrtle beach, South Carolina

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
James B. London ◽  
Claudio R. Volonté
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Myrtle Beach

Will hurricane sedimentation aid southeastern US saltmarsh resiliency in the face of climate change and sea-level rise?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Staro ◽  
Duncan FitzGerald ◽  
Zoe Hughes ◽  
Christopher Hein ◽  
Ioannis Georgiou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Marsh Surface ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Southeastern Us ◽  
Hurricane Irma

<p>Coastal saltmarshes are an important and highly diverse ecosystem, shielding the mainland from erosion and flooding. Along the US East Coast these valuable wetlands are endangered due to climate change, sea-level rise, and reduced fluvial sediment fluxes. Although hurricanes are commonly an erosional agent, they may be responsible for delivering significant volumes of sediment to the marsh surface, which could aid resiliency by increasing vertical accretion. This study analyzes marsh sediment cores collected during December 2017 within the Georgia Bight, targeting deposits associated with Hurricane Irma, which caused significant wave energy and storm surge along the coast from Florida to South Carolina in September 2017.</p><p>We have focused our initial research on samples from Sapelo Island (Georgia), where Hurricane Irma produced maximum wind velocities of 17.5 m/s and a 1.3 m storm surge, inundating the marsh for 14.8 hrs. We find that Irma-related layers are between 2 and 7 cm thick and well-oxidized. These deposits typically consist of laminated mud with low organic content (LOI: 10-25%) and low bulk density (0.3-0.8 g/cm<sup>3</sup>). On average, Irma event sediment thickness is 4 times the historical average annual accretion, which in Georgia salt marshes is 1.55 mm.</p><p>A direct comparison of Irma-affiliated marsh accretion and historical rates is complicated due to differences in consolidation, rooting and vegetation, and the sedimentation history of the marsh. Nonetheless, the storm layer represents a significant addition of sediment to the marsh surface. Thus, future increases in event sedimentation, associated with increased frequency or severity of storms, could help compensate for sea-level rise and lessen the likelihood or extent of marsh loss due to submergence.</p>

Legal Issues When Managing Public Roads Affected by Sea Level Rise: Georgia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Wildes ◽  
Shana Campbell Jones ◽  
J. Scott Pippin
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Legal Issues

Halocarbon Emissions from a Degraded Forested Wetland in Coastal South Carolina Impacted by Sea Level Rise

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 955-967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Jiao ◽  
Alexander Ruecker ◽  
Malte Julian Deventer ◽  
Alex T. Chow ◽  
Robert C. Rhew
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Forested Wetland

Linking Water Infrastructure, Public Health, and Sea Level Rise: Integrated Assessment of Flood Resilience in Coastal Cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Allen ◽  
Thomas Crawford ◽  
Burrell Montz ◽  
Jessica Whitehead ◽  
Susan Lovelace ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Coastal Hazards ◽  
Water Infrastructure ◽  
Care Providers

Coastal community water infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to climate-sensitive coastal hazards. Tides, storm surges, rainfall, and salt intrusion affect infrastructure and human health. In case studies of Charleston, South Carolina, and Morehead City, North Carolina, USA, this project sought to advance risk assessment of urban water and wastewater infrastructure and identify linkages to human health impacts as risk evolves with sea level rise. The methodology integrates community infrastructure, health care, emergency resources, geospatial simulation, and a tabletop exercise with planners, emergency managers, public utilities, and health care providers. Resilience is assessed by community participants using interactive online maps, susceptibility indices, and a resilience matrix. Results highlight differential vulnerability, population susceptibility, and elevation uncertainty. We observe similar trends of increasing magnitude, frequency, and impact of flood events on water infrastructure and public health as sea level rises. Implications for tackling challenges across sectors are highlighted for improving coastal resilience.

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